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The Philippine Sports Commission will play an active role in pushing for changes in the way events of the Southeast Asian Games are calendared.

PSC chairman Ricardo “Richie” Garcia said he will do so when Olympic Council of Asia president Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah of Kuwait comes to Manila in the first week of March.

Garcia said he will ask the OCA to review the charter of the SEA Games Federation Council, and look into the matter of changes made in the calendar of events whenever hosting rights change hands every two years.

MANILA, Philippines - Department of Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro, FSC, and Negros Oriental Gov. Ruel Degamo will sign a memorandum of understanding tomorrow to confirm arrangements for Dumaguete to host the Palarong Pambansa on April 21-27. Some 10,000 athletes, coaches, officials, school representatives and parents are expected to attend the competitions where the host city has booked billeting facilities within a 6 to 10 kilometer radius of the playing venues.

The Philippine Sports Commission, the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Armed Forces of the Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement recently in a joint effort to strengthen the participation of the athletes belonging to the military.

Manila, Philippines – More than 700 participated in the nine-sport Laro’t Saya of the Philippine Sports Commisison yesterday at the Quirino Grandstand.

The competitors took part in arnis, chess, aerobics, football, frisbee, kite flying, karatedo, taekwondo and tai-chi.

Chess and football drew the biggest number of participants in the weekly project dubbed ‘Play and Learn’ and conducted by national athletes aimed to encourage the youth to actively indulge in sports to have a sound mind and body.